Here’s my yearly roundup of election law academic hires, promotions moves, visits, accolades:
Ellen Aprill is Senior Scholar in Residence at the Lowell Milken Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofits at UCLA (and continues as the John E Anderson Professor in Tax… Continue reading
NYT:
Nearly four years after Patrick Braxton won the mayoral election for the small town of Newbern, Ala., in November 2020, he could soon get to serve his first term.
Mr. Braxton said in a lawsuit that, after he won… Continue reading
In the Detroit News, I have this op-ed with Michigan state representative Andrew Fink. It begins:
Michigan’s population grew by 2% in the last decade and now has more than 10 million inhabitants. But those Census figures couldn’t stop… Continue reading
NYT:
Republicans have quietly formed a new super PAC that is preparing what appears to be a significant push to persuade former President Donald J. Trump’s voters to vote early or by absentee ballot.
The group, America PAC, was created… Continue reading
Rick H. posts the Washington Post story about the lawsuit from an official trying to guarantee the right to refuse to certify election results in Fulton County, Georgia. I confess, I have a somewhat different reaction to the litigation, a… Continue reading
Newsweek:
A former Republican voter appears to have defeated Democrat Mondaire Jones in the left-wing Working Families Party’s primary for New York’s 17th Congressional District.
As of 8:55 a.m. ET on Wednesday, ex-GOP backer Anthony Frascone led Jones 244… Continue reading
Unlike the Dobbs leak, this seems inadvertent. Bloomberg scoop:
The US Supreme Court is poised to allow abortions in medical emergencies in Idaho, according to a copy of the opinion that was briefly posted on the court’s website.
The… Continue reading
WaPo:
When a member of Georgia’s Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections refused to join her colleagues as they certified two primaries this year, she claimed she had been denied her right to examine a long list of election… Continue reading